| Edition |
First HarperPerennial edition. |
| Description |
xxiii, 305 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: New York : HarperCollins, c1995. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-305). |
| Contents |
John Redding goes to sea -- Drenched in light -- Spunk -- Magnolia flower -- Muttsy -- Possum or Pig? -- The Eatonville anthology -- Sweat -- The gilded six-bits -- Mother Catherine -- Uncle Monday -- The fire and the cloud -- Cock Robin Beale Street -- Story in Harlem slang -- High John De Conquer -- Hurricane -- The conscience of the court -- Escape from Pharaoh -- The tablets of the law -- Black death -- The bone of contention -- Book of Harlem -- Harlem slanguage -- Now you cookin' with gas -- The seventh veil -- The woman in Gaul. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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| Added Title |
Short stories
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| ISBN |
0060921714 paperback |
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